The invention relates to a
dielectric sliding phase shifter and a
base station antenna. The
dielectric sliding phase shifter includes a cavity, a
feed network and a phase shifting unit. The
feed network includes functional circuits and phase shifting circuits. The surface of each phase-shifting circuit is covered with a
dielectric plate. By rotating the
dielectric plate, the length of the phase-shifting circuit covered by the
dielectric plate can be changed, thereby changing the
electrical length of the
transmission line to achieve
phase adjustment. Further, both the phase-shifting circuit and the
dielectric plate are arc-shaped. Therefore, when the dielectric plate of the phase shifting unit rotates around the axis passing through the center of the circle, the dielectric plate will be limited within a circle without exceeding the range of the corresponding phase shifting circuit. That is to say, the
phase adjustment process of each phase shifting circuit is relatively independent. Therefore, the functional circuit and the phase shifting circuit can be independently designed separately, which greatly improves the
design space of the circuit, greatly reduces the design difficulty of the phase shifter, and solves the limitation of the
circuit design space in the traditional dielectric sliding phase shifter The problem.